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PRONUNCIATION OF ALLITERATIVE

alliterative  [əˈlɪtərətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALLITERATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alliterative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ALLITERATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables of a phrase. Alliteration developed largely through poetry, in which it more narrowly refers to the repetition of a consonant in any syllables that, according to the poem's meter, are stressed, as in James Thomson's verse "Come…dragging the lazy languid Line along". Another example is, "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers". Consonance is another 'phonetic agreement' akin to alliteration. It refers to the repetition of consonant sounds. Alliteration is a special case of consonance where the repeated consonant sound is at the stressed syllable. Alliteration may also include the use of different consonants with similar properties such as alliterating z with s, as does Tolkien in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or as Anglo-Saxon poets would alliterate hard/fricative g with soft g; this is known as license. There is one specialised form of alliteration called Symmetrical Alliteration. That is, alliteration containing parallelism.

Definition of alliterative in the English dictionary

The definition of alliterative in the dictionary is using or containing alliteration.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALLITERATIVE


alterative
ˈɔːltərətɪv
collaborative
kəˈlæbərətɪv
commemorative
kəˈmɛmərətɪv
cooperative
kəʊˈɒpərətɪv
corroborative
kəˈrɒbərətɪv
curative
ˈkjʊərətɪv
decorative
ˈdɛkərətɪv
evaporative
ɪˈvæpərətɪv
figurative
ˈfɪɡərətɪv
generative
ˈdʒɛnərətɪv
iterative
ˈɪtərətɪv
non-cooperative
nɒnkəʊˈɒpərətɪv
obliterative
əˈblɪtərətɪv
operative
ˈɒpərətɪv
postoperative
pəʊstˈɒpərətɪv
preoperative
priːˈɒpərətɪv
proliferative
prəˈlɪfərətɪv
regenerative
rɪˈdʒenərətɪv
reiterative
riːˈɪtərətɪv
ulcerative
ˈʌlsərətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALLITERATIVE

allicin
allied
allied health professional
allied health professions
Allier
allies
alligarta
alligate
alligation
alligator
alligator pear
alligator pepper
allineation
Allingham
allis
allis shad
alliterate
alliteration
alliteratively
allium

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALLITERATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
comparative
conservative
creative
cumulative
derivative
illustrative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
qualitative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of alliterative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alliterative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALLITERATIVE

Find out the translation of alliterative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alliterative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alliterative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

押头韵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aliterado
570 millions of speakers

English

alliterative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुप्रास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متجانس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аллитерирующий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alliterative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুপ্রাসধর্মী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

allitératif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aliteratif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

alliterative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

頭韻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

두운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alliteratif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lặp âm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

alliterative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्वसमावेशक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aliterasyonlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

allitterativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aliteracyjny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аллітерірует
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aliterativă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρηχητική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

allitererende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

alliterative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bokstavrim
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alliterative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALLITERATIVE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALLITERATIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alliterative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALLITERATIVE»

Discover the use of alliterative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alliterative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Alliterative Revival
Informative study of the 14th-century revival of alliterative poetry which culminated in the major masterpieces of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Piers Plowman.
Thorlac Turville-Petre, 1977
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The Alliterative Morte Arthure: A New Verse Translation
One of the finest narrative poems of the Middle Ages translated in its entirety by a recognized authority on the poem. This volume represents an important chapter in the evolution of the Arthurian legend.
Valerie Krishna, 1983
3
Alliterative Revivals
“Middle English Alliterative Verse.” 27. For instance, Cable's hypothesis requires a voiced final -e in particular categories of words even when received linguistic histories show it to be disappearing from late fourteenth-century usage. He treats  ...
Christine Chism, 2011
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The Alliterative Morte Arthure: A Reassessment of the Poem
Essays examining a variety of aspects of important Arthurian poem.
Karl Heinz Göller, 1981
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The Alliterative Morte Arthure: The Owl and the Nightingale, ...
The seven poems are: The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Winner and Waster, The Parlia­ment of the Three Ages, Summer Sunday, The Debate of Body and Soul, The Thrush and the Nightingale, and The Owl and the Nightingale.
John Gardner, 1973
6
Florence Flies Alone: An Alliterative Airline Adventure
Florence Flies Alone is a children's adventure that really soars! Suzanne Gene Courtney lives in Monroe, Michigan. "Remembering the funny things that have happened to me or my children when traveling alone motivated me to write this book.
Suzanne Gene Courtney, 2013
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Scandinavian influences in the Alliterative Morte Arthure
The number of Scandinavian loanwords for which the evidence of being part of the English language is fully convincing is about 900 and these are almost always words designating common everyday things and fundamental concepts.
Sina Neumann, 2002
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The Poetry of the Alliterative Revival
I CHAPTER 5. THE ALLITERATIVE SCHOOL. Having thus surveyed in some detail the works of the Alliterative Revival and the types of poetry that were developed by their authors, we are in a better position to understand the rise of the school, ...
9
Rum, Ram, Ruf, and Rym: Middle English Alliterative Meters
Chapter. 1: The. Alliterative. Revival,. Then. and. Now. But trusteth wel, I am a southren man, I kan nat geeste—rum, ram, ruf—by lettre, Ne, God woot, rym holde I but litel bettre; And therfore, if yow list - I wol nat glose - I wol yow telle a myrie ...
Kristin Lynn Cole, 2007
10
Chapters on Alliterative Verse
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
John Lawrence, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALLITERATIVE»

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True Detective season 2 episode 3 recap: 'Maybe Tomorrow'
Ben Casper's sinister, spray-tanned, shades-wearing shrink, if only because he's so gloriously alliterative. - "Prefiguring Casper… in a casual ... «Digital Spy, Jul 15»
2
The Skriker
Language spills out of the Skriker like a river, a word-purge, playful and punning, skittering and alliterative. As central as language is to the ... «The Stage, Jul 15»
3
Jade Jagger, Mick's Daughter, Is 43 and A Business Tycoon
First of all she's got the edgiest alliterative name in pop culture, with all sorts of credibility echoes. She's Mick Jagger's daughter of course, from ... «2paragraphs.com, Jul 15»
4
Loving the Music
WHEN your father is a singer in a band and you are born with the musical and alliterative name of Orlando Octave Jr you must be destined to ... «Trinidad News, Jul 15»
5
Family of man left bleeding in bias attack 'in fear,' report says
Whether alliterative - Marilyn Monroe, Roy Rogers, Harry Houdini, Charlie Chaplin Sally Starr - or not - Charles Atlas, Will Rogers, Mark Twain, ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
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Aurelia review: John Hawke recalls romance of dreams
Quite a deal of Hawke's poetry in Aurelia has this extended musicality, as seen here in the alliterative 'p's' of "pale /as powdered parchment" ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
OPINION: Flightdeck doors highlight the safety/security dilemma
Safety and security have long formed a comforting alliterative pairing in airline circles – which disguises the fact that they're not necessarily the ... «Flightglobal, Jul 15»
8
Beachcomber: 98 years old and STILL kicking ideas around...
“That would have the same alliterative appeal as synchronised swimming.” “And no own goals,” I said. “Talking of games of two halves,” he ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
A Massachusetts high school assigned the 'Serial' podcast as …
Because, despite the lack of metaphor or alliterative devices, Serial still has a lot to teach students, according to Boninti and Perna. With the ... «Boston.com, Jul 15»
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Guest column: A stranger in a strange land
Critics of Moynihan's alliterative phrase – and the thinking behind it – argue that the flaw is in his underlying premise: Moynihan assumed there ... «Austin American-Statesman, Jul 15»

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